A bizarre, multi-state road trip involving a Clinton Township man, a dead front-seat passenger and his 92-year-old mother is under investigation by Warren police.

Detectives have not yet revealed whether the 62-year-old driver could face criminal charges for any of his actions between Arizona and Michigan.

When Warren officers arrived late Monday afternoon at a home on Blackett Avenue, they saw a Ford van with a 31-year-old Roseville woman dead in the passenger seat. The Clinton Township man said he had driven the vehicle and described the woman as a friend with whom he had an “intimate” relationship, Detective Sgt. Stephen Mills said.

Police said he gave this account of the preceding days:

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The Roseville woman checked out from a medical facility in Aurora, Ariz. on May 28 and he provided a ride for her to his residence in Sun City where he spends part of the year. They left there Sunday night, accompanied by his mother.

When they stopped in Flagstaff, Ariz. to refuel, the Roseville woman exited the van and may have used a restroom. Upon reentering the van, she put on her seat belt and fell asleep.

At approximately 5 a.m. Monday, the younger woman slumped forward. The man touched her, felt that she was cold and determined she was dead. After checking the Internet, the man believed he had 48 hours to bring the body to a medical examiner. He continued driving through “rural and desolate” areas on his way to Michigan.

Somewhere in Oklahoma, the man answered a call from the Aurora medical facility to the dead woman’s cellphone. When an employee asked if she had made a follow-up appointment in Michigan, the man told the caller that the woman had died.

The driver continued heading to Michigan, stopping only for gas. In Illinois, police reached him and requested that he stop and contact police. But he continued driving. When he reached the area of Interstate 94 and Eight Mile Road, Clinton Township police told him to pull over. Instead, he told a dispatcher that he was proceeding to his son’s home on Blackett, near Nine Mile and Schoenherr roads, in Warren.

When officers and Macomb County Medical Examiner’s Office arrived, “several” prescription bottles belonging to the Roseville woman were confiscated. According to one media report, police said the bottles were empty. An autopsy Tuesday uncovered no obvious signs of foul play, leaving officials to significantly rely on toxicology tests to help determine whether drugs or other substances factored in her death.

Police did not release the dead woman’s name pending notification of her relatives.

Mills said the Clinton Township man and his mother have cooperated with detectives. The nonagenarian was seated in a wheelchair during the ride to Warren. At no point did she use a restroom, according to a published report.